Attari-Wagah border closed for movement: BSF official

Says no foreigners will be allowed entry

Amritsar: Any foreign national will not be allowed to enter India from Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border from Friday evening onwards amid coronavirus threat, a senior BSF official said here. He said Indian nationals who had gone across the border would be allowed to come back before their visas expire. The entry of foreign nationals […]

Second batch of 44 Indian pilgrims arrived from Iran: Jaishankar

Mumbai/New Delhi: Second batch of 44 Indian pilgrims has arrived from Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said. An Iran Air flight carrying Indian pilgrims stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran landed at the airport in Mumbai on Friday afternoon, an official said. Iran is one of the worst-affected countries by the coronavirus outbreak and […]

Nepal halts all mountaineering expeditions, suspends tourist visas

Kathmandu: Nepal has halted all mountaineering expeditions, including Mount Everest ascents, and stopped issuing on-arrival tourist visas after the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and urged countries to take precautionary measures. The Himalayan country attracts mountaineers from all over the world and earns millions of dollars a year from Everest permits. Nepal has […]

COVID-19 now a pandemic: WHO chief

Geneva: The new coronavirus outbreak can now be described as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization has announced. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was troubled by the spread and severity of the outbreak, along with a lack of action taken to combat it. “WHO has been assessing this outbreak around […]

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 74: Health Ministry

New Delhi: The number of coronavirus patients in the country has risen to 74 with 14 fresh cases, including nine from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh as well as one foreign national, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Giving a state-wise breakup, the ministry said Delhi reported […]

Sharing data of coronavirus on daily basis has created panic: IMA

New Delhi: Amid rising cases of novel coronavirus in the country, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said sharing data of infected people on a daily basis with the public has created panic across the country. It also appealed to the government to “classify the data” of the pandemic and take appropriate action with “clinical […]

Re-entry in India gets tough

People with travel history to Italy, S Korea need 'negative' COVID-19 certificate

New Delhi: In addition to visa restrictions already in place, people travelling from or having visited Italy and South Korea will now have to mandatorily submit certificate of having tested negative for COVID-19 from laboratories authorised by the health authorities of their countries. This measure came into effect from 0000 hrs of March 10 and […]